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as in outguessing
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as in reasoning
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second-guessing
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This opens the door for reasoning agents to coordinate across domains with shared context.—
Carl Moberg,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025 -
ChatGPT shows us how far along their chatbot is in reasoning through our question and delivering an answer.—
Alex Mayyasi,
HubSpot,
22 Aug. 2025
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As age checks become more commonplace across the Internet due to regulatory pressure globally, people motivated to defend digital freedom are balking and increasingly banding together, Gerfdas said.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
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Not only are moderate Republicans balking at cuts to Medicaid, which were made larger by the Senate, but conservatives are also up in arms over the massive increase in deficit spending, also increased by the upper chamber.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
2 July 2025
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BestReviews spends thousands of hours researching, analyzing and testing products to recommend the best picks for most consumers.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Stephan contributed reporting to the original version of this article on the best luxury bathrobes by by analyzing reviews, doing market research, and speaking to leading experts.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Early Americans thus saw jury service not merely as a procedural safeguard against overreaching government authority, but as a way to distribute the power granted by the Constitution, ensuring that ordinary citizens played an important role.—
Richard Lorren Jolly,
The Conversation,
5 Sep. 2025
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The rescission process under the Impoundment Control Act was created in response to an overreaching executive branch in the 1970s, and it should be used today to keep the spending power in Congress.—
The Editors,
National Review,
10 Mar. 2025
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Relay is a smart, small-scale espionage film focused on operatives outmaneuvering one another.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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After reviewing former Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen’s explanation of his abrupt resignation, a Hamilton County judge has agreed to block attorneys’ attempts to question the long-time head of the supermarket giant about his departure from the retailer in open court.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Edison spokesperson Jeff Monford said the utility is reviewing the lawsuits.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Each episode will see the heroes explore new lands — from glittering mining mountains to secret vault cities — solving puzzles, cracking codes and outsmarting digital bandits along the way.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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Much of the pleasure of John Lee Hancock’s marginal thriller comes in the familiar sight of Washington outsmarting those around him and projecting a weary grandeur that suggests all the horrors this man has seen on the job.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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Watch Thelma on Hulu Kinds of Kindness Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this 2024 dark dramedy anthology is told across three loosely interwoven chapters, each exploring characters who take extraordinary measures to demonstrate their love to someone else.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The 35-year-old Bohannon hopes to draw in audiences and artists who, like himself, may not come from a reggae background but are open to exploring new musical styles.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Second-guessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second-guessing. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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